OpenGlyph — Catalogue of the American Public DomainJurisdiction: United StatesRev. 2026.08
Images / art

Two archives, queried live.

Every record below comes from The Met or Smithsonian Open Access and was filtered on that archive’s own rights field before it reached this page. 24 shown for “The Coat of Arms of Pope Gregory XIII (1572-1585)” — 64 records examined, 2 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 06:30 UTC · fetched live for this request

Object
Public domainThe Met’s isPublicDomain field is true for this object.
CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian’s metadata_usage.access reads CC0 — a waiver, not an expired term.
Not shownAnything failing its archive’s rights field is dropped server-side and never appears here.
Armorial dish: Supper at the House of Simon the Pharisee, by Maestro Giorgio Andreoli

Armorial dish: Supper at the House of Simon the Pharisee

Maestro Giorgio Andreoli · 1528

Public domainThe Met
The Coat of Arms of Pope Gregory XIII (1572-1585)

The Coat of Arms of Pope Gregory XIII (1572-1585)

Artist not stated in the record · 1580–1590

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Adoration of the Magi, by Italian, Neapolitan Follower of Giotto

The Adoration of the Magi

Italian, Neapolitan Follower of Giotto · ca. 1340–43

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Fountain with the Coat-of-Arms of Pope Gregory XVI

Design for a Fountain with the Coat-of-Arms of Pope Gregory XVI

Artist not stated in the record · 1831–1836

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Triumph of Fame; (reverse) Impresa of the Medici Family and Arms of the Medici and Tornabuoni Families, by Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi (called Scheggia)

The Triumph of Fame; (reverse) Impresa of the Medici Family and Arms of the Medici and Tornabuoni Families

Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi (called Scheggia) · ca. 1449

Public domainThe Met
Cardinal Pamphili Villa, Facade Decorated for a Visit of Pope Clement XIII, by Paolo Posi, Italian, 1708 - 1776

Cardinal Pamphili Villa, Facade Decorated for a Visit of Pope Clement XIII

Paolo Posi, Italian, 1708 - 1776 · 1758–69

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Fauchard of the Bodyguard of Cardinal Scipione Borghese-Caffarelli (1576–1633)

Fauchard of the Bodyguard of Cardinal Scipione Borghese-Caffarelli (1576–1633)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1600–1610

Public domainThe Met
Doorway Elevation with Papal Coat of Arms, by Pietro Camporese I, Italian, 1726 - 1781

Doorway Elevation with Papal Coat of Arms

Pietro Camporese I, Italian, 1726 - 1781 · ca. 1758–1769

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl with the Arms of Pope Julius II and the Manzoli of Bologna surrounded by putti, cornucopiae, satyrs, dolphins, birds, etc., by workshop of Giovanni Maria Vasaro

Bowl with the Arms of Pope Julius II and the Manzoli of Bologna surrounded by putti, cornucopiae, satyrs, dolphins, birds, etc.

workshop of Giovanni Maria Vasaro · 1508

Public domainThe Met
Portrait of Clement XIII (1758-1769)

Portrait of Clement XIII (1758-1769)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1769

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bartolomeo Bonghi (died 1584), by Giovanni Battista Moroni

Bartolomeo Bonghi (died 1584)

Giovanni Battista Moroni · shortly after 1553

Public domainThe Met
Design for the decoration of the façade of St. Peter's, Rome, for the Canonization of Giuseppe da Capertino and Jeanne-Françoise de Chantal, by Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786

Design for the decoration of the façade of St. Peter's, Rome, for the Canonization of Giuseppe da Capertino and Jeanne-Françoise de Chantal

Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786 · July 16, 1767

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Fauchard of the Bodyguard of Cardinal Scipione Borghese-Caffarelli (1576–1633)

Fauchard of the Bodyguard of Cardinal Scipione Borghese-Caffarelli (1576–1633)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1600–1610

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Coffeepot

Design for a Coffeepot

Artist not stated in the record · 1831–46

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wheellock Gun

Wheellock Gun

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1610

Public domainThe Met
Two Bell Towers, by Giuseppe Valadier, Italian, 1762–1839

Two Bell Towers

Giuseppe Valadier, Italian, 1762–1839 · 1775

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Coat of arms of a Pope of the Piccolomini Family

Coat of arms of a Pope of the Piccolomini Family

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1460

Public domainThe Met
Coat of arms of Pope Pius VI, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Coat of arms of Pope Pius VI

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · ca. 1786

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pope Clement X (1590–1676), by Giovanni Battista Gaulli (Il Baciccio)

Pope Clement X (1590–1676)

Giovanni Battista Gaulli (Il Baciccio) · ca. 1670–71

Public domainThe Met
Two sketches for coat of arms of Pope Benedict XIV, by Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805

Two sketches for coat of arms of Pope Benedict XIV

Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805 · 1740–58

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Rubens, Helena Fourment (1614–1673), and Their Son Frans (1633–1678), by Peter Paul Rubens

Rubens, Helena Fourment (1614–1673), and Their Son Frans (1633–1678)

Peter Paul Rubens · ca. 1635

Public domainThe Met
Two escutcheons for coat of arms of Pope Benedict XIV, by Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786

Two escutcheons for coat of arms of Pope Benedict XIV

Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786 · 1740–58

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint Anthony the Abbot in the Wilderness, by Sano di Pietro (Ansano di Pietro di Mencio)

Saint Anthony the Abbot in the Wilderness

Sano di Pietro (Ansano di Pietro di Mencio) · ca. 1440

Public domainThe Met
Facade of Church, Plan of, by Unknown

Facade of Church, Plan of

Unknown · 1757–58

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
What was queried

Where these records came from.

Two archives are wired, and only two. Each one is filtered on its own rights field — never on a title match, and never on the presence of an image file.

  • The Met Collection API (Open Access)Rights field: isPublicDomain. 149 matched · 24 examined · 0 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where isPublicDomain === true and a file URL was published.12 shown
  • Smithsonian Open Access API (api.si.edu)Rights field: content.descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access. 2988298 matched · 40 examined · 2 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.12 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-09-03 06:30 UTC, during this request. A completed pass is kept for 24 hours and replayed for an identical search, which is what keeps repeated queries inside Smithsonian’s 30-requests-per-hour allowance. A pass in which either archive failed to answer is never kept — an outage must not be replayed as though it were a finding about the catalogue.

Wikimedia Commons and the Library of Congress are deliberately not wired. Wikimedia was confirmed, on a live query, to return CC-BY material inside the same result set as genuine public domain works, and filtering it safely has not been designed yet. loc.gov was blocked by bot detection during the source evaluation, so its rights vocabulary has never been observed — and nothing here is built on a field nobody has read.

An image file is a rights claim. It never travels without its field.